Today’s post wraps up (see what I did there?) this past Wednesday’s post with another stitch from the same project and a full-ish reveal of the Santa.
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Today’s stitch is a composite stitch that includes Rhodes squares (aqua lines) and Scotch squares (yellow lines) outlined with tent stitches and beads. Yum! It makes the perfect Santa Coat. The stitched sample is a cute Santa from Painted Pony Designs and uses red Shimmer Ribbon for the yellow lines and green Shimmer Ribbon for the black and aqua lines (on 18M). The beads (gray circles) are from Sundance Designs.
The stitch is colorful, cute, and easy. Clothing is an obvious choice for this stitch. It will also work for architectural elements, such as a roof, chimney, or exterior house wall with two hues of wool for the yellow and aqua lines combined with Rainbow LInen for the black lines. In this scenario, I would substitute a simple Cross Stitch for the bead.
Today’s stitch also reminds me of a blog post from the blog’s early days that discusses how to combine smaller stitches for larger areas. Scroll down the blog post to see a selection of 3X3 stitches and how they were mixed to create 9X9 squares. This link will take you to the stitched sample for one of the 3X3 mixes. Today’s stitch took this concept one step further by skipping a row in all directions between the 3X3 stitches. Have fun with the endless combinations!
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I hope you have the perfect spot for this stitch! Please enjoy! Have a wonderful #whimsicalwednesday!
A Note about Diagrams
I use color in diagrams to make them as clear as possible. The primary function of different colored lines is to illustrate a stitch sequence. For example, layering of colors demonstrates you add them in that order. They can also provide ideas on how to integrate additional threads (one line for each color). Or, you can use the same thread for all color lines. That's where I encourage you to use your imagination for the space you are stitching!